Popularizing Dementia

Public Expressions and Representations of Forgetfulness

How are individual and social ideas of late-onset dementia shaped and negotiated in film, literature, the arts, and the media? And how can the symbolic forms provided by popular culture be adopted and transformed by those affected in order to express their own perspectives? This international and interdisciplinary volume summarizes central current research trends and opens new theoretical and empirical perspectives on dementia in popular culture. It includes contributions by internationally renowned scholars from the humanities, social and cultural gerontology, age(ing) studies, cultural studies, philosophy, and bioethics.

Contributions by Lucy Burke, Marlene Goldman, Annette Leibing and others.

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ISBN: 978-3-8394-2710-1
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Aagje Swinnen

Aagje Swinnen, Maastricht University, Netherlands

Mark Schweda

Mark Schweda, University of Göttingen, Germany

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»Die insgesamt 17 Artikel reflektieren eine beeindruckende Bandbreite von Perspektiven, Praktiken und Methoden, die gängige Narrative von Demenz als tragischem Verlust oder als ›lost self‹ hinterfragen. Diesen stereotypen Erzählungen stellt der Band vielschichtige und lebensbejahende Alternativen entgegen, die wir dringend brauchen.«
Anita Wohlmann, MEDIENwissenschaft, 2 (2017)

»Dieser reichhaltige Band macht von neuem aufmerksam und gibt sowohl der Forschung als auch politischem Engagement wertvolle Anregungen.«
Susanne K. Christ, KULT_online, 46 (2016)

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Autor_in(nen): Aagje Swinnen / Mark Schweda (eds.)
Buchtitel: Popularizing Dementia Public Expressions and Representations of Forgetfulness
Verlag: transcript Verlag
Seitenanzahl: 410
Ausstattung: 7 Farbabbildungen

ISBN: 978-3-8394-2710-1
DOI
Warengruppe: 1728
BIC-Code: JFSP31 JFC DSB
BISAC-Code: SOC013000 SOC022000 LIT000000
THEMA-Code: JBSP4 JBCC DSB

Erscheinungsdatum: 2015-11-27
Themen: Kultur, Alter, Literatur
Adressaten: Humanities, Social and Cultural Gerontology, Age(ing) Studies, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Bioethics

Schlagworte: Dementia, Culture, Film, Literature, Arts, Media, Aging Studies, Cultural Studies, General Literature Studies, British Studies

Popularizing Dementia

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Contents

Popularizing dementia. Public expressions and representations of forgetfulness

I. LITERARY FICTION

The locus of our dis-ease. Narratives of family life in the age of Alzheimer's

Deconstructing the American family. Figures of parents with dementia in Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections and A.M. Homes' May We Be Forgiven

Purging the world of the Whore and the horror. Gothic and apocalyptic portrayals of dementia in Canadian fiction

Narrating the limits of narration. Alzheimer's disease in contemporary literary texts

The 'terrifying question mark'. Dementia, fiction, and the possibilities of narrative

II. ART, ARTISTIC APPROACHES, AND FILM

Dementia on the canvas. Art and the biopolitics of creativity

Cultural projection of dementia in the Reminiscence Museum. Dynamics of extrapolation

Opening Minds through Art. Students' constructions of people with dementia

'Zip!' Dementia materialized in clothing design

Challenging representations of dementia in contemporary Western fiction film. From epistemic injustice to social participation

Intercorporeal relations and ethical perception. Portrayals of Alzheimer's disease in Away from Her and En sång för Martin

III. MEDIA DISCOURSES AND PUBLIC UNDERSTANDINGS

Dementia in the making. Early detection and the body/brain in Alzheimer's disease

The meanings of early diagnostics for Alzheimer's disease in Dutch newspapers. A framing analysis

Respect for autonomy? The contribution of popular magazines to the public understanding of dementia care

Representations of Alzheimer's disease among non-specialists. A cross-cultural study between Paris and Boston

In the company of robots. Health care and the identity of people with dementia

The zero-degree of dementia. Thinking the gap between subject and substance

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

AUTHORS

Aagje Swinnen

Mark Schweda